Yamaha owner manual Basic operation of the AW2400

Basic operation of the AW2400

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Introducing the AW2400

Basic operation of the AW2400

This section explains basic operation of the AW2400.

									● Cursor
	Viewing the display
									The blinking frame within the dis-
The display of the AW2400 shows the following informa-									play is called the “cursor.” When an
									object in the screen is enclosed by
tion.
									the cursor, that object is selected for
									operation.
		B	A	C	D		E	F G	● Buttons
									Buttons in the display are used to		Off
									switch a parameter on/off, to select
									one of multiple choices, or to execute		On
									a specific function. A button that is
									currently on will be displayed in
									“inverse” form (black background
H									with white text). A button that is cur-
									rently off will be displayed in normal
									form (black text against a white
									background).
									● Knob/parameter display area
									The knob/parameter display area		Knob
									within the display is used to edit the
									value of the corresponding parame-
						I			ter.		parameter
											display area
1 Screen name
This is the name of the currently selected screen.									I Tabs
B Selected channel									When a screen includes a number of pages, corresponding
									tabs will appear along the bottom of the display. The tabs
This indicates the mixer channel that is selected for opera-
									are used to switch between the various pages related to the
tion.
									current screen.
C Song name
The name of the currently selected song.
D Counter (left side)									In some cases the tabs also become “additional function
This indicates the current location within the song. The
									buttons” when the [SHIFT] key is pressed. When addi-
current-time display format can be selected via the SONG
									tional functions are available an	mark will appear in
screen Setting page. The choices are standard time (hours
									the lower left corner of the display.
: minutes : seconds . milliseconds) or timecode (hours :
minutes : seconds : frames . sub-frames)
E Counter (right side)
This indicates the current location within the song in mea-
sures/beats. The measures/beats are calculated according
to the tempo and time signature specified in the tempo
map for the song. The current tempo and time signature
are displayed above this value.
F Scene information
The number and name (first eight characters) of the cur-
rently selected scene.
G Sampling Rate/Quantization Bits
The sampling rate and quantization bits (bit depth) of the
currently selected song.
H Main screen
The information displayed in this area will depend on the
key/knob that was last pressed. The following types of
object are displayed in the main screen.

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